What are 1960 's outsiders? What are 2000 's outsiders? They are both put out of society, but that can 't be it. The outsiders have changed so much, it 's incredible. But, why are insiders afraid of them.
When people think of someone in their family who provides for them many think of their mom or dad. Although, that is not always the case. Darry is the older brother and provider to Sodapop Curtis and Ponyboy Curtis in the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. Darry’s parents died in a car accident so he was left raising his two younger brothers, which are sixteen and fourteen. Although Darry can be harsh, he still cares deeply about his brothers and their lives.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home ( Hinton page 1). The book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a story placed in the 1960's and is about the similarities and differences of the Socs and the Greasers and the bridge that makes them the same. The story begins with the narrator introducing himself as Ponyboy a 14-year-old greaser and his gang with Darry his oldest brother, Sodapop his older brother, Johnny his best friend, Dally the toughest one, Two-bit, and Steve. Greasers are the less fortunate kids and the socs were the rich kids that would jump greasers and not get into any trouble because money and possession were the only things between
In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, how did three people's actions affect one person? Soda, Johnny, and Dally’s choices affect Ponyboy by staying calm, helping others, and making sure other people are okay. First, to make sure other people are okay, Ponyboy’s brother Soda decides to send Pony a letter whenever he is in Windrixville, because he wants to tell him how bad Soda and Darry feel and that he wants him to come home. “‘Hey Ponyboy’- he fumbled with a piece of paper in his back pocket-
In S.E Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, the author explores the idea that communities of people help each other like family. Johnny's real family acted like he didn't exist, so to him the gang was his family. Without the gang Johnny wouldn't be the the way he is. The gang acted like his family by caring for him, always being there for him, and treating him like a brother. Johnny was loved by the gang more than he thought.
S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is about a group of poorer people called Greasers and rich people called Socs, that are constantly fighting over territory and such. Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get in some bad business and have to run for it. Things get worse and the greaser gang has to stick together and look out for each other - now more than ever. While comparing the Greaser lives and the Soc’s lives, the Greasers obviously have it worse.
Ponyboy Curtis, a young man from a working class family, is the main character of this narrative which follows him as he gets involved in a bloody fight between the Greasers and the Socs. The book examines issues of wealth and difficulty, identity, and friendship from Ponyboy’s point of view. Throughout the outsiders the stereotypes are challenging social class boundaries and disproving observation based stereotypes.
In the story The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton, there are two rival groups/ gangs, the greasers and the Socs. A young boy named Ponyboy explained his journey being a greaser and the sacrifices, consequences, and decisions he had to manage with. This story reminds me of William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet of their similarities which are they gangs, fights, and loyalty and differences that are the wealthiness, behaviors, and between the two books. One of the similarities of the two books is the groups/ gangs, because in Romeo and Juliet there are the Montague and Capulets and in The Outsiders there are the greasers and the Socs. They are both enemies and try to sabotage and fight each other when every they have the chance to.
Being engaged in constant conflict is never a good thing. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, it is no secret that the Greasers and the Socs do not like each other. Main character Ponyboy states, “I’m not saying that either Socs or Greasers are better; that's just the way things are.” (pg.3) This novel is all about two groups of teenagers, the Socs and the Greasers, who loathe each other.
In the novel The Outsiders,by S.E. Hinton there are a lot of contrasting characters. For instance there is a character named Ponyboy Curtis. There is also another character named Darrell Curtis, whom they call Darry, there is another character named Soda Curtis. The three boys Soda,Ponyboy,and Darry are brothers. Darry is the oldest of the three boys.
In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a realistic fiction story about two, different gangs in Tulsa Oklahoma. There are the Greasers, who are the lower-class teens in their home town, and the Socs, privileged kids from wealthy families. The narrator and protagonist of the story, Ponyboy Curtis and his gang brother, Johnny Cade, become involved in the killing of a Soc when they are attacked in the park one night. The two Greasers go on the run, hiding out in an abandoned church, before they plan on turning themselves in to the police. Just as they are about to do so, their shelter, the church, catches on fire.
The outsiders is a book by ( S.E Hilton ) narrating the story of over the course of two weeks of a 14 year old boy . The novel revolves around economical class and depending on the clothes you wear , how much money you have or where you 're from you are either a Greaser or Soc . The story paints the picture of the gang Warfare between the east and west sides in the mid 1960s in a town . The conflict in the novel represents the division of the east at West sides. The following essay will discuss each of the 3 conflicts that were encountered between the Socs and Greaser .
To belong to something is to be part of an organization, group or even a family. The Cambridge Dictionary defines belonging as “A feeling of being happy or comfortable as a part of a particular group and having a good relationship with the other members of the group because they welcome or accept you”. In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, the author, explains belonging through the lens of gang members such as Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston. All three of these characters are associated with gang life, a sense of loneliness and a desire to find their place in the world. Ponyboy has to learn and experience new things throughout the story.
When you think of family you might think of adults and their children, or kids who lost their parents but are still related to each other. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton tells otherwise. It shows that even if you are not related, you can still be family; you can still have love and affection for each other. In the book, there is a contradiction between the gang’s biological family and their “family”. There is connection shown between the greasers from the Socs in the blue Mustang to Johnny dying in the hospital not wanting to see his mother.
Many people have used violence to solve problems that they have at some point in their life, but as you look back at what you accomplished, you realized that violence doesn’t help you in a good way. Ponyboy learned that the hard way. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that using violence against your rival(s) isn’t the solution, it is the problem. One scene that reveals the idea that violence isn’t the answer and that it can only hurt others, was in Chapter 3 when ponyboy talks about what happened to Johnny. He said, “Johnny was lying face down on the ground.
